A Christian is something before he does anything; and we have to be Christian before we can act as Christians.

The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.

Always respond to every impulse to pray. The impulse to pray may come when you are reading or when you are battling with a text. I would make an absolute law of this: always obey such an impulse.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?

If you look at your past and are depressed it means that you are listening to the devil.

There is nothing more foolish or self-defeating than for a Christian to say that he is not interested in doctrines.

The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.

Conviction is not repentance; conviction leads to repentance. But you can be convicted without repentance.

I want to make sure that what I do has specific purpose and is not just throwing a dart at something to keep busy.

I'd definitely like to see less twerking and more power chords.

You will never be completely free from risk if you're free. The only time you can be free from risk is when you're in prison.

How I Learned to Drive I think it's one of the great American plays. Its one of those plays that will be done forever, and it's timeless. I think it, for me, has so much heart and so much love.

iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.

Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!

The kingdoms' people were at the mercy of the natures of those who rose to be their rulers. It was a gamble, and the current generation did not make for a winning hand.

Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.